Closet-flushing device.



'Patented vampi.- 9,l |902.

No. 708,890. i

(Application and :rm 1e, 1901.)

l ma Model.)

Patented Sepp 9, |902.

J. M; JUSTEN.l

cLusz-:T P Lusnms DEvlcE.

(Application @leal` Jan. 18, 1901.)

' 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

` `UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH M. JUSTEN, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-FIFTHS TO GEORGE W. BIRCHALL AND CHARLES R. CLAPP, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

CLOSET-FLUSHING DVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,890, dated September 9, 1902.'

Application filed January 16, 1901. Serial No. 43,518. (No modehl To a/L'Z whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH M. JUsTEN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo,

will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in "the novel construction and .combination of parts of a closet-flushing'device, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. d

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and invwhich like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable'of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be variedor changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof, and in these drawings-- :Figure 1 is a view in perspective, exhibiting the application of the invention to a closet. Fig. 2 is a top plan -View of the cylinder and parts carried thereby. .Fig. 3 -is a section taken axially through the cylinder. Fig. 4 is a section taken at right angles to Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a cylinder or casing having a shaft 2 mounted axially thereof and projecting 'at one end therefrom, and on the shaft within the casing is a paddle-wheel 3. Leading from one side of the casingand substantially at. a tangent' thereto is a iiushpipe 4, which is connected to the bowl of the closet 5, the said pipe being vertical, and.A disposed in vertical alinement therewith is lan inlet-pipe 6, with which is connected a supply-pipe 7, having a rotatable regulating-valve 8, provided with a forf wardly-extending spindle 9, Attached to the spindle 9 is a lever 10whicl1 at one end is provided with a counterbalanciug-weight 11 and at thefother end beyond the spindle is adapted for engagement with a latch ,12 to hold the weight raised and the Valve open. The latch 12 is pivoted upon a support 13, carried by the casing 1, and has a spring 14 'connected therewith which holds it normally and yieldingly in engaging position. upper end of the latch is beveled, so that when the valve isvopened the end of the lever 10 may strike the bevel and push the latch rearwardly to pass into engagement therewith. To effect movement of the lever into engagement with the latch, an arm l5 is provided, which is secured to the spindlev of the valve and has a pull-cord l'attached thereto.

To move the latch to release the lever 10 to permit the valve to close, atrain of gearing is provided, which includes a pinion 16a, carried by the protruding end ofthe shaft 2, with whchmeshes a gear 17, carrying a pinion 18, that meshes with a'second gear 19, and by this arrangement it willbe seen that as the paddle-wheel 3 is rotated at a high rate of speed the gear 19 will-be rotated at a much lower rate of speed. When the supply-valve is open, the water from the inlet-pipe strikes -the wheel and rotates it, and the latter through the intermediate gearing rotates the gear 19. Connected with this gear is a striking-pin 20, in the path of movement of which the lower end of the'latch 12 normally lies.

Under the arrangement shown it will beV The d seen that ifthe pin20 beat the'opposite side of the latch from that shown in Fig-1 and the weight be in lowered position with the.

'wheel continues to rotate the strikin'glpin is ,finali y moved intoengagement with the latch andtrips it, thus releasing'the lever 10 `Aand permitting the valve anton l'atically to close, the closing being sudden and without noise.-

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It Will be understood in practice that the cylinder or casing may be located at any desircd distance above the closetbowl or directly thereon, and that modifications in the construction ofthe parts shown may be re.- sorted to,iffound necessary or desi1able,with out departing from the scope ot' the invention. l

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to Vsecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a closed casing having an inlet and an exhaust in substantially vertical alinement, of a Hat-winged Wheel disposed in the path of the inlet, a train of gearing arranged externally of and parallel with the casing and actuated from the said wheel, a valve in the inlet-pipe, a lever conwaage my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 3o the presence of two witnesses.

`JOSEPH M. JUSTEN.

Vtitnesses:

J. W. LYoNs, J. W. LANE. 

